Baling-press.



Patented Dec. 5, |899.

J. N. NEWMAN.

BALING PRESS.

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Patented Dec. 5, |899.

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BALING PRESS.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. NEWMAN, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

BALlNG-PRESS.

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Application led July 27, 1898. Serial. No. 6865993. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m ir Muay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES N. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Riverside, in the county of Riverside and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ealing-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baling-presses,par ticularly to that class known as windlass'g and, generally stated, it consists of a frame supporting the baling-box at the rear having communication at its front end with a feedin g-chamber,together with a plunger,to which the ends of draw ropes, cables, or chains are connected on opposite sides and passed over rear pairs of pulleys, the rear looped portions of said ropes, cables, or chains being returned through guides toward the front of the press and attached to draft devices of a similar nature which run forwardly and wind to and from the opposite portions of a windlass, the latter also having an intermediate rope, cable, or chain winding on and from the same in a directon reverse to said draft devices and attached to the plunger.

The invention further consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

Most, if not all, baling-presses as heretofore constructed have been of an expensive nature and the cost thereof far in excess of the means of the average farmer and comparatively few acquire the ownership of this class of farming machinery. If possessed,they require a number of operators and usually an expenditure of a large amount of horsepower or other costly motor-power, with the accompanying injurious effect on the animals employed to drive the mechanism or requiring the services of a skilled mechanic to operate the motor and also demanding considerable mechanical knowledge to operate the machine and maintain it in such condition structurally as to cause the effectual performance of the desired work. Hence it has been customary for the majority of farmers to hire their baling done and await the convenience of the owner of a press to bale the hay or straw and put it up in the desired condition for storage or other purposes. medium of the improved form of press it is intended to overcome the disadvantages enumerated and many other additional ones by producing a baling-press of simple construction and effective operation which can be cheaply purchased and requiring a minimum number of operators to carry on the baling operation and dispense with the horse or other power by relying on manual exertion to obtain the necessary pressure.

In the accompanying` drawings, Figure l is a Vperspective vievtT of a baling-press embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line zu x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the plunger. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are detail views of modifications of the means for operating the windlass.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals are utilized to indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral l designates a frame comprising pairs of front and rear end posts 2 and 3 and intermediate pairs of posts 4 and 5, all of which are tied at their upper ends by cross-strips 6 and connected by longitudinal brace-rails 7, which resist the strain. The rails 7 are located on opposite sides of the press and engage all the posts, being fitted to the intermediate posts 4 and 5 by the formation of mortises 8 and bearing against the front. and rear end posts in such manner as to prevent displacement thereof by the drawing strain longitudinally exerted. Nearer the lower ends of the said posts cross-strips 9 are secured, on which is Y rested a lioorin g l0, and connected to the posts 2 and et are supplemental longitudinal braces 10. Between the posts 5 and 3 a baling-box 11 is formed by surrounding boards, which have spaces 12 between them on opposite sides, and at the rear end of said baling-box a suitable tail-board 13 is removably fitted and is of sufficient strength to resist the pressure brought to bear thereagainst. The baling-box ll communicates with a feed-chamber 14, which is open at the top, and in the opposite sides 15 of said chamber are upper and lower pairs of parallel slots 16, extending longitudinally and terminating at the posts 5.

Through the IOO Movably mounted in the feed-chamber is a vertically-disposed plunger 17,preferably constructed of vertical strips having upper and lower battens 1S, to which transversely-extending arms 19 are bolted, and having apertured projecting ends 2O movably mounted in the slots 16. The battens 18 and arms 19 are connected at the center by a vertical bar 2l, and thereto is secured the front end of a rope, cable, or chain 22, which extends forwardly and surrounds a windlass or roller 23, mounted in suitable bearings on the posts 2 and, as shown by Fig. 1, having a crank-handle 24 at one side for rotating the same. The rope, cable, or chain 22 winds on and unwinds from the windlass at the lower portion thereof and is sufficiently long to permit the plunger to move up to the mouth of the baling-chamber.

To the projecting apertured ends 2O of the arms 19 the two ends of a looped rope, cable, or chain 25 are secured and then extend rearward through guide-openings 26 in the posts 5 and 3 and over opposite pairs of sheaves or pulleys 27 and back through adjacent openings 28 in the posts 3, leaving the looped ends on the front sides of the said posts. To arrange the rope, cable, or chain 25 on each side of the press in the manner stated, the ends are first passed through the openings 2O toward the rear, then over the pulleys or sheaves 27 and forwardly through the openings 26 in the posts 3 and 5, and afterward connected to the said projecting ends 20 of the arms 19. The sheaves or pulleys 27 are so mounted on the posts 3 that they will be in a plane about the center of the rear end of the baling-box 11, and to the looped portions on the front of the posts 3 draft ropes, cables, or chains 29 are attached and run forwardly through guide` openings 30 in the posts 5 and 4t to opposite sides of the windlass or roller 23 and winding on and from the latter at the upper portion or reversely to the rope, cable, or chain 22 which intermediately engages the said windlass or roller.

In arranging the press for baling purposes the plunger is drawn forwardly to its full eX- tent and the tail-board 13 is positioned at the rear end of the baling-box 11. A charge of hay or straw is then deposited in the feedingchamber 14, and the windlass 23 is rotated in such direction that the draft ropes, cables, or chains 29 will be Wound thereon and the rope, cable, or chain 22 unwound therefrom, and thereby draw the said plunger toward the rear and force the charge of hay or straw into the baling-boiz.A A reverse rotation of the windlass or roller 23 will again move the plunger forwardly and leave the feeding chamber clear for the reception of a second charge of hay or straw, when the plunger will be again drawn toward the rear, and so on successively until a sufficient amount of hay or straw has been compressed by the plunger in the balingbox. At the time that the bale has reached the proper dimension the plunger will be slackened slightly until the tie wires or cords Y are secured on the bale by rotating the windlass or roller 23 in the proper direction to bring the plunger forward, relieving the pressure of said plunger and permitting the insertion of further charges of hay or straw to form a second bale, that shoves the rst gradually outward from the bale-box and after the tail-board 13 has been disconnected.

The baling operation can be readily carried on in the manner set forth, and for ordi nary purposes the exertion of one man or operator on the windlass through the medium of the crank-handle 24 will be sufficient to attain the desired result. As shown in Fig. 5, two crank-handles 3l and 32 might be used, and as a further convenienceV the ratchet mechanism 33 might also be employed to lock the windlass under certain conditions and'prevent the plunger from slipping forwardly or away from the mouth of the baling-box. In Fig. 6 the end of the windlass or roller -is formed with apertures 34 to receive hand-levers 35, which can be utilized to give greaterv pressure to the plunger in forming more compact bales than ordinarily desired, and to increase the power by further mechanism t'he end of the windlass or roller, as shown by Fig. 7, can have a toothed head or gear 36 secured thereto of less dimension than and meshing with an adjacent pinion 37. Other changes might be shown and described for attaining avariation in the degree of pressure; but those set forth sutliciently display the variations that might be resorted to.

By the formation of the openings 26, 28, and 30 in the opposite pairs of uprightsor posts the use of pulleys or sheaves is entirely dispensed with and the cost of manufacture of the press is materially reduced.

It will be observed from the foregoingdisclosure that the manufacture or repairing of the improved press does not require the services of an exceptionally-skilled mechanic,- Vas the parts are few in number and simplein construction, but at the same time are capa; ble of resisting or standing a great amonntof pressure without injury, and to prevent the several posts and pieces of the frame and bal-` ing-box from springing boltsare used, which are passed through the said members, and, further, by this means also substituted parts can be easily applied to replace those which become worn without destroying the entire press.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A baling-press of the horizontal type comprising spaced vertical supports,centrallydis posed longitudinal rails extending the full length of the press and connecting the vertical supports in series and alining transversely, a baling-chamber having longitudinal slots in its sides above and below the longitudinal rails, a follower having upper and lower transverse arms with their end portions projecting through the longitudinal slots of the balingchamber, a vertical bar connecting the arms centrally, a wiudlass placed with its top side about in the plane of the longitudinal rails, a return-rope adapted .to Wind centrally upon the Windlass and having connection with the aforesaid vertical bar at a middle point, side ropes arranged adjacent to the longitudinal rails and passing through openings in said vertical supports and having their rear ends adapted to Wind upon the end portions of the Windlass, and looped ropes attached at a middle point to the free ends of the side ropes and passing over direction-pulleys thence for- Ward above and below the longitudinal rails parallel therewith and through openings i11 the vertical supports and attached to the pro- 15 jecting terminals of the follower-arms and disposed to advance the follower in parallel planes and prevent binding of its arms in the longitudinal slots, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature zo in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES N. NEWMAN Witnesses:

GEO. A. SKINNER, A. WIRT ADA'IR; 

